“I’m ready,” said Matthew. He stood before me in a long sleeve plaid shirt, khaki pants and dress shoes.
It was 103%.
To top off the look, Matthew had cut his bangs too short and tried to hide the botch job with a semi-comb over. He had patches of toilet paper soaked in blood all over his face from shaving.
Matthew was of to sing karaoke at the local saloon with his dad, one of his favorite new activities.
“Matthew, I think you should change into shorts a a t-shirt,” I said, “It is very hot and you really don’t need to dress up.”
“I look good!” he argued. “I’ve been planning on wearing these clothes all week!”
I asked parents on my facebook autism forum to tell me which battles they’ve given up fighting.
Mine is wardrobe choices.
What are yours?
LAURA
(hey-read the first three chapters of my book HERE.)
I too gave up on the clothes.All mine want’s to wear is black,long sleeved black shirt,long black pants and heavy black boots.He’s 16 now and that is some thing is not worth fighting over,too many other battles waiting to pop up at any moment.
Mine is 6 and I’ve already given up on that one. I insist on a jacket if there is frost on the ground. I insist on close-toed shoes if she wants to ride her bike or scooter. Otherwise I sometimes don’t even look at what she’s wearing. Considering that sometimes she doesn’t want to wear anything the fact that most of the time she’s dressed AND her taste is even improving I’m pretty happy, but there are days. Yesterday she wanted to wear jeans and a heavy short-sleeved sweater and it was the hottest day of the Summer so far.
I’ve given up on the clothes battle, oh I would say 2 years ago (my son is turning 7 in Aug). He wanted to wear shorts all year round, even in winter (granted, we’re in California but still). He’s now in his only white shirt phase so it’s pretty useless to buy him anything else. My take: as long as it’s clean and he’s decently attired,